Jamaica
Learning-adjusted schooling in Jamaica
Learning-adjusted schooling in Jamaica: 7.3 years in 2017 and 7.1 years in 2020, by World Bank estimates.
- Latest, 2020
- 7.1 years
- Since 2017
- −0.2 years
- Rank, 2020
- 105 of 174
- counting from the highest
years · World Bank
Every year
years · World Bank
| Year | Jamaica |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 7.1 |
| 2018 | 7.2 |
| 2017 | 7.3 |
Good to know
- The years of school a child can expect by 18, cut to what students actually learn: the World Bank’s learning-adjusted years of school.
- Source: World Bank Human Capital Index, via Our World in Data.
- Ranks count the 174 countries with a value in 2020, highest first.
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Jamaica in numbers
Every measure for Jamaica on one page
Health
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Military
- Military spending1.37% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$280M in 2025
- Military spending per person$101 in 2025
- Military share of state spending4.1% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel6,000 people in 2020
- National power0.02% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.41% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports10 million TIV in 2024